Wilde Herrnbirne

Pear

Wilde Herrnbirne

Origin/History

Reported from Germany about 1804. First documented in Dochnahl's Filhr. Obstkunde (1856).

Tree

Very large.

Fruit

Size and form: Medium, broad.

Skin: Bright green becoming yellowish-green. Often somewhat blushed on the sunny side. Often flecked and patched with russet. Dots light gray.

Stem: Rather long, inserted by a fleshy protuberance.

Flesh and flavor: White, slightly musky, sweet. Quality fair and below.

Season

September.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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Wilde Herrnbirne.

i. Dochnahl Filhr. Obstkunde 2:188. 1856.

Reported from Germany about 1804. Tree very large. Fruit medium, broad, bright green becoming yellowish-green, often somewhat blushed on the sunny side, often flecked and patched with russet; dots light gray; stem rather long, inserted by a fleshy protuberance; flesh white, slightly musky, sweet; fair and below; Sept.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)